''Bowenia serrulata'', the Byfield fern, is a

cycad Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk (botany), trunk with a crown (botany), crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants o ...

in the family Stangeriaceae. Its bipinnate fronds, arising from a subterranean caudex, give it the appearance of a fern. However it is not a fern as its vernacular name and appearance suggest. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the vicinity of Byfield,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Gallery

Image:Bowenia serrulata 1.JPG, ''Bowenia serrulata'' growing in transition forest near Byfield, in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia Image:Bowenia serrulata 2.JPG, ''Bowenia serrulata'' growing in transition forest near Byfield, in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia Image:Bowenia serrulata 3.JPG, ''Bowenia serrulata'' growing in transition forest near Byfield, in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia Image:Bowenia serrulata 4.JPG, Pinnae of ''Bowenia serrulata'' Image:Bowenia serrulata 5.JPG, ''Bowenia serrulata'' growing in transition forest near Byfield, in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia Image:Bowenia serrulata 6.JPG, ''Bowenia serrulata'' growing in transition forest near Byfield, in the Capricornia region of Queensland, Australia

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* serrulata Endemic flora of Australia Cycadophyta of Australia Flora of Queensland Least concern flora of Australia Least concern biota of Queensland Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Australia-plant-stub